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gen·darme (z̸hän därm′, z̸hän′därm′; Fr z̸hän dȧrm′)
noun pl. gendarmes -·darmes′ (-därmz′; Fr, -dȧrm′)
- Historical a French cavalryman commanding a squad
- in France, Belgium, etc.,
- a soldier serving as an armed policeman
- a police officer; esp., a French police officer
- any policeman: a humorous usage
Etymology: Fr < gens d'armes, men-at-arms < L gens, gens + de, of + arma, arms
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Adjective modifier
- French: This is a woman who was arrested by a collaborating French gendarme and murdered by the Nazis.
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Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, or should or could be the global gendarme.
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